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Logarithmic scales

Section 10.3: Applications of Growth and Decay

September 25, 2015July 15, 2015 by elaine

10.3 Outline

  1. Growth/decay formula
  2. Population growth
  3. Radioactive decay
  4. Logarithmic scales
    1. Richter number
    2. Richter scale
    3. decibel
    4. decibel formula

 

10.3 Essential Ideas

Exponential growth or decay can be described by the equation

A=Aoert

where r is … See the whole entry

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